Georgia Power announced Monday morning it will seek a 6.1 percent rate increase for 2014. Residential customers would see their bills increase by $7.84 per 1,000-killowatts used, the utility estimates.

The increase, if approved, would be the fourth in four years. Georgia Power bumped bills by 10 percent in 2011, 2.6 percent in 2012 and 1.2 percent this year.